Elections: latest news, reactions and political current events

The Prosecutor's Office of Peru claims preventive detention for the former head of the electoral body for irregularities in the elections

The Prosecutor's Office of Peru has requested the preventive detention of the until now maximum head of the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), Piero Corvetto, who presented his resignation this Tuesday after the irregularities detected during the electoral event of last April 12."We have concluded, for the moment, that...

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Expansion | The alliance of pro-Russian Radev nears 44% support and obtains an absolute majority in Bulgaria's legislative elections

The Bulgaria Progressive coalition, led by former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, has won the parliamentary elections held this Sunday, the eighth in just five years, by surpassing 44% of the ballots and opening a gap of more than 30 percentage points over its rivals. With this result, the pro-Russian leader's...

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Feijóo defends that Moreno deserves to renew his absolute majority to consolidate the change that has suited Andalusia well

The national president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has urged the popular ranks this Sunday to go all out to revalidate in the Andalusian elections of next May 17 the absolute majority with which the PP-A of Juanma Moreno won in the 2022 elections. He has done so by...

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Bendodo poses 17-M as a choice between "the Andalusia that leads Spain" or returning to the socialist past

The Deputy Secretary of Autonomous, Local Coordination and Electoral Analysis of the Partido Popular, Elías Bendodo, has assured this Saturday that the Andalusian elections on May 17 will pit two models against each other: maintaining “the Andalusia that leads Spain” under the Government of Juanma Moreno, or returning to the...

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Vox denounces the health "collapse" and warns of more than one million Andalusians on the waiting list

The Vox candidate for the Presidency of the Junta, Manuel Gavira, has lashed out this Saturday against the situation of public healthcare in Andalusia, considering that it is suffering a "collapse" and maintaining that there are "more than one million Andalusians who are on waiting lists". His statements were made...

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IU, Sumar, Comuns and Más Madrid exhibit their alliance in Seville without pressure despite Podemos's movements

Izquierda Unida (IU), Movimiento Sumar, Comuns and Más Madrid will once again stage their understanding this Sunday in Seville for the upcoming general elections, with a new joint event with which they aim to consolidate themselves as the space that concentrates the unity of the left. The formations that make up...

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Presidential elections in Peru, file image Europa Press/Contacto/Carlos Garcia Granthon

Peru faces a second round with Fujimori and the leftist Roberto Sánchez, who imposes himself by the minimum over López Aliaga

Peru is going through this Wednesday general elections, still without definitive results, where the fragmentation of the vote and the slow progress of its count are prolonging the political uncertainty throughout the country. With more than 90% of the vote count completed, Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, has consolidated herself as...

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The presidential candidate of Juntos por el Perú, Roberto Sánchez. Europa Press/Contacto/El Comercio

Who is Roberto Sánchez, the former minister who bursts in by surprise as an alternative to Fujimori in the elections of Peru

The advance of the electoral scrutiny in Peru has surprisingly placed Roberto Sánchez as one of the protagonists of the presidential contest, by disputing the second place with Keiko Fujimori in an election marked by the fragmentation of the vote and high competition among multiple candidacies. Sánchez, candidate of the coalition...

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A voter in this Sunday's general elections in Peru Europa Press/Contact/Mariana Bazo

Elections in Peru: Fujimori and the leftist Roberto Sánchez lead the scrutiny after an unexpected turn in the recount

The presidential elections in Peru are approaching their final stretch. With 90% of the votes counted, the preliminary count of last Sunday's elections has registered a relevant change in the fight for second position, consolidating conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, as leader of the process...

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Roberto Sánchez demands respect for the vote in Peru while consolidating second place

The presidential candidate for Juntos por el Perú, Roberto Sánchez, has urged that the results of the general elections be accepted without question, at a time when the official count already places him as the second most supported candidate at the polls, only behind Keiko Fujimori. In parallel, several of...

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The leader of Popular Renewal, Rafael López Aliaga, during an event in Madrid in September 2025 (archive) Europa Press/Contact/David Canales

Rafael López Aliaga demands the annulment of elections in Peru and sets 24 hours to order their repetition

The Popular Renewal candidate for the general elections in Peru, Rafael López Aliaga, has led in recent hours a rally in front of the headquarters of the National Elections Jury (JNE) in Lima. From there he has given the authorities a 24-hour deadline to invalidate the elections and call a...

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Keiko Fujimori, presidential candidate. Europa Press/Contacto/El Comercio

Fujimori secures his victory in the first round in Peru with 17% counted 73% of the ballot boxes

The candidate for Fuerza Popular (FP), Keiko Fujimori, consolidates her position as winner of the first round of the general elections in Peru, by approaching 17% of the votes with more than 73% of the ballots counted. Meanwhile, Rafael López Aliaga and Jorge Nieto maintain a very tight struggle for...

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EuropaPress 7436272 president board juanma moreno alongside counselor social inclusion youth

The Hungary effect reaches Andalusia: Vox deflates, Montero stagnates and Moreno already caresses the majority

Vox's problem is not the PP. Vox's problem is Vox. This is how a consulted political source summarizes it, in a reflection that anticipates the trend that surveys are beginning to pick up, always with the caution required by any demoscopic projection. This Monday, the newspaper El Mundo published its latest...

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The president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, during a party event. Carlos Luján - Europa Press

Feijóo celebrates Magyar's triumph and highlights Hungary's support for a pro-European party that reinforces stability

The president of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has conveyed this Sunday his congratulations to the leader of the Hungarian party Tisza-Respect and Freedom Party, Péter Magyar, for his "great victory" in the elections, and has highlighted that Hungary has opted for a "pro-European" option that contributes to "stability on...

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European leaders applaud the electoral victory of Péter Magyar in Hungary

The legislative elections held this Sunday in Hungary, de facto posed as a plebiscite on the European Union, and the resounding triumph of the openly pro-European candidate, Péter Magyar, have provoked a cascade of congratulatory messages from heads of State and Government, as well as from high-ranking officials of the...

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The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, votes in the 2026 legislative elections Laszlo Balogh / Xinhua News / Europa Press / Conta

Expansion | Orbán and Magyar vote in Hungarian elections with historic turnout

The Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, and opposition leader Peter Magyar, main favorite according to polls, have already exercised their right to vote in legislative elections marked by unprecedented levels of participation in the country.As of 3:00 PM, 66% of the census had passed through the polls, according to data...

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Ballot box in the elections of Peru (archive) ONPE

The voting day starts in Peru's general elections

This Sunday at 7:00 hours (14:00 hours in peninsular Spain) the voting day for the general elections in Peru has officially begun, in which more than 27 million citizens are called to the polls with the aim of leaving behind a decade of political and institutional instability in the Andean...

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Orbán and Magyar go to the polls in Hungarian elections with record turnout from early morning

The Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, and opposition leader Peter Magyar, the main contender to snatch power from him, have already cast their vote in this Sunday's legislative elections in Hungary, an event marked by unusually high levels of participation since the start of the day.Two hours after the opening...

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Ballot paper of the Peru 2026 elections Europa Press/Contacto/El Comercio

Peru faces historic elections with a record number of aspirants to the Presidency to try to close ten years of political crisis

This Sunday, Peruvians face a new opportunity to try to stop the political crisis that has dragged the country for a decade, in which eight presidents have passed through power, including the current one. They will do so in general elections considered historic, both due to the increase of up...

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Andalusia Elections 17M: these are Vox's lists for Córdoba

The president of Vox in Córdoba and municipal spokesperson, Paula Badanelli, will lead the party's list in the province for the regional elections on May 17, accompanied in the top positions by Juan José Coca, María Paz López and Javier Bazán.The candidacy, already formalized by the party, incorporates profiles linked...

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Vance accuses the EU of starring in one of the worst cases of interference in Hungary's elections

The Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, has denounced this Tuesday from Budapest that the current electoral process in Hungary, which holds legislative elections this April 12, is being subjected to "one of the worst cases of foreign interference" that he knows of, by holding the European Union...

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Flag of Peru in a file image Europa Press/Contacto/Carlos Garcia Granthon

Who's who in Peru's elections: Fujimori, Álvarez and López Aliaga lead the April 12 elections

A few days before the Peruvian presidential elections of April 12, 2026, the political landscape reflects a deep fragmentation and enormous uncertainty among voters. According to the most recent polls, published before the mandatory electoral silence comes into effect, three candidacies emerge strongly, although none with clear options to win...

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The Deputy Secretary of Economy of the PP, Alberto Nadal. Jesús Hellín - Europa Press

The PP denounces the rise in prices during Holy Week and calls for elections due to the "economic deterioration"

The Deputy Secretary of Economy and Sustainable Development of the PP, Alberto Nadal, has lashed out this Saturday against the rising cost of living during Holy Week, focusing on the increase in fuel prices and other basic products, as well as on the alleged "deterioration" of public services after "eight...

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The spokesperson for Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) in the Congress of Deputies, Gabriel Rufián (r), looks at the president of ERC, Oriol Junqueras. Lorena Sopêna - Europa Press

Junqueras warns that ERC will not accept impositions on how to run in the general elections

The president of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, stressed this Monday that his party already embodies in Catalonia the project that the left-wing front promoted by Podemos intends to articulate, in which participate, among others, its spokesperson in Congress, Gabriel Rufián, and leaders of Sumar. For this reason, he emphasized that he...

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Ballots inside the ballot box, on May 28, 2023, in Seville, (Andalusia, Spain). Joaquin Corchero - Europa Press

More than 302,000 Andalusians in 157 countries will be able to vote in the regional elections

A total of 302,005 Andalusians registered as residents abroad, spread across 157 countries on the five continents, are called to exercise their right to vote in the regional elections on Sunday, May 17, according to data provided by the Electoral Census Office and consulted by Europa Press.Argentina, with 68,782 registered...

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Elections

The Prosecutor's Office of Peru claims preventive detention for the former head of the electoral body for irregularities in the elections

Expansion | The alliance of pro-Russian Radev nears 44% support and obtains an absolute majority in Bulgaria's legislative elections

Feijóo defends that Moreno deserves to renew his absolute majority to consolidate the change that has suited Andalusia well

Bendodo poses 17-M as a choice between "the Andalusia that leads Spain" or returning to the socialist past

Vox denounces the health "collapse" and warns of more than one million Andalusians on the waiting list

IU, Sumar, Comuns and Más Madrid exhibit their alliance in Seville without pressure despite Podemos's movements

Peru faces a second round with Fujimori and the leftist Roberto Sánchez, who imposes himself by the minimum over López Aliaga

Who is Roberto Sánchez, the former minister who bursts in by surprise as an alternative to Fujimori in the elections of Peru

Elections in Peru: Fujimori and the leftist Roberto Sánchez lead the scrutiny after an unexpected turn in the recount

Roberto Sánchez demands respect for the vote in Peru while consolidating second place

Rafael López Aliaga demands the annulment of elections in Peru and sets 24 hours to order their repetition

Fujimori secures his victory in the first round in Peru with 17% counted 73% of the ballot boxes

The Hungary effect reaches Andalusia: Vox deflates, Montero stagnates and Moreno already caresses the majority

Feijóo celebrates Magyar's triumph and highlights Hungary's support for a pro-European party that reinforces stability

European leaders applaud the electoral victory of Péter Magyar in Hungary

Expansion | Orbán and Magyar vote in Hungarian elections with historic turnout

The voting day starts in Peru's general elections

Orbán and Magyar go to the polls in Hungarian elections with record turnout from early morning

Peru faces historic elections with a record number of aspirants to the Presidency to try to close ten years of political crisis

Andalusia Elections 17M: these are Vox's lists for Córdoba

Vance accuses the EU of starring in one of the worst cases of interference in Hungary's elections

Who's who in Peru's elections: Fujimori, Álvarez and López Aliaga lead the April 12 elections

The PP denounces the rise in prices during Holy Week and calls for elections due to the "economic deterioration"

Junqueras warns that ERC will not accept impositions on how to run in the general elections

More than 302,000 Andalusians in 157 countries will be able to vote in the regional elections

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